After writing a lot of research papers over the course of graduate school, I thought that it might be interesting to take a different approach, and perform my own mini-action-research project with my students. We have recently purchased a new program for our district that is called Skills Tutor. I did not know anything about it before this semester, and my students had never used it either.
It is a really useful program because it is divided into sections for language arts, math, and other subjects. The teacher goes in and enrolls each student by giving them a username and password, and then is able to select topic areas for each individual to work on. When the student logs in they are prompted with a variety of practice tests and then guided accordingly. It also gives a score for each time they attempt a task and you can set your own passing percentage.
I have found it to be really beneficial to my students, at all levels. It is very basic, and I am not sure how well it would work for upper grade levels, but it does a great job of working with beginning letter sounds, grammar, and basic math skills.
The website is http://www.myskillstutor.com
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